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Rare Rear Roar Reared

error

horror terror brier regular barrier terrier merrier

Babe

bulb

barb

6. Ng, as in Si-ng;

King

Gong Hang

[or n, before g hard or k.]
Hung Bank Ink
tongue rank sink

wrong

bang

rang

sprung drank

wink

ring
wing prong
Hanging Ringing Lancing Mangling Haranguing
twanging winging glancing dangling prolonging
swinging bringing dancing wrangling besprinkling

7. B, as in B-a-be.

The forcible execution of this, and the two following elements, in a very clear and compact form, is often indispensable to the full effect of vivid emotion.

Did

died

dared

Disdained

Gag

gig

gay

Valve

vain

van

Ball

bar

ban

Dawn

dart

dash

Gave

gap

go

Vaunt

veer

vie

Bead

beam

beat

Roared

prior
farrier barrier courier

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Blab

slab

drab

9. G, as in G-a-g.

Gall

Gull

guard

gun

gone gust

Cave

cove

hive

Rarely Drier

truer crier

10. V, as in V-al-ve.

Leave

move

grove

Mob

rob

sob

Mad

had

sad

Hag

beg

fig

Velvet

valley

vivid

Curb

garb

herb

Bed

fed

led

disbanded

Log

dug

rug

Survive

revive

revolve

Zone

haze

buzz

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11.

Maze

ooze

doze

12. Z, as in A-z-ure, [or s, as in measure.]

Seizure Measure Vision Composure Derision

leisure

crosier

disclosure

division

osier

hosier grazier

confusion

Yes t

you

yon

pleasure

treasure

Was

wan

waste

Than

that

thou

Z, as in Z-one, [or s flat.]

Daisies

prizes

houses

Joy

Jar

jade jam

jeer jet

Has

dies

was

13. Y, as in Y-e.

Young

Yawn

youth

yell

your

yearn

14. W, as in W-oe.

Ware

Wed

win

west

won

wisp

thy

thus

15. TH, as in TH-ine.

Then Thee Bathe

though swathe

there blithe

Disease

dissolves

dismays

Yearly

yellow

yeoman

16. J, as in J-oy, [and G, soft.]

Jilt Page Giant
jump

rage

gibbet

just sage

ginger

Wine

wire

wide

Beneath

thither

smooth

Judge

budge

nudge

III. "Atonic" Elements.

[All "atonics," from their utter want of vocality, need

great force and precision in their articulation.]

* Yay, not "ye." + Yes, not "yiss." In these and a few other words, the style recommended by Walker, is now obsolete.

Pulp

pope

pop

Tight

taught

taunt

Fade

far

fall

Say

sad

saw

Hail

hall

ha!

Pall

peal

pace

Thank

think

thin

Tall

tea

took

Fell

fed

fen

Had

hat

hark

1. P, as in P-i-pe.

Pile

Pale

pore

pass

3. C, hard, and K, as in C-a-ke; and Q, as in Q-ueen.

Key Cane Queen

keel cast

kill

cark

Through

theme

thirst

2. T, as in T-en-t.

Top

tug

trust

quake

quick

pave

prop

File

fine

fight

Mat Tatter

let

totter

not

tutor

Creak

click

clank

4. F, as in F-i-fe.

Off

safe

life

press

gloss

Paper

puppet

piping papal

5. S, (sharp,) and C, soft, as in C-ea-s

See

Sauce

Mass Source

sit

slice

sod

swiss

6. H, as in H-e.

Heel

Hit

high

home

head

hot

Deck Cork

mock

cask

cook

quirk

Hoof

staff

stuff

souse

toss

7. Th, as in Th-in.

Thong Thrust

thorn thread
thought thrill

Pulpy

palpable

Total

tented

tightest

What

when

where

Fly

flee

flown

Ceaseless

sister

assistance

Whet

whisk

whirl

Hath Breath path moth lath oath

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IV. Syllabic Combinations.

1. Initial Syllables.

The common faults in the enunciation of syllables, consist in a slack, obscure articulation of the single elements of which they are composed, and, in addition, the fault of negligently allowing a vowel sound to intervene between the consonants; thus "bălă" for bla. True taste will never allow a slovenly style of articulation, but will always maintain a neat, clear, and exact sound of every element, in whatever combination it may occur.

Bl, cl, f, gl, pl, sl, spl.

Blame, bleed, blow, blew, black, bled, bliss, blot, blind, blest.

Claim, clean, clime, close, clew, clap, cleft, clip, clot.
Flame, flee, fly, flow, flew, flat, flock, flit.

Glare, gleam, glide, glow, gloom, glad, glim, gloss.
Place, plea, ply, plow, plat, plot, please.

Slay, sleep, slide, slow, slack, slept, slip, slew.

Br, cr,

dr, fr, gr, pr, spr, tr, str, shr.

[The following words need attention to a clear, distinct enunciation of the hard r,-free, however, from prolongation.]

Brave, bread, brink, broke, brisk, brow, brook, brink. Crave, creep, cried, croak, crest, crook, crop, crust. Drain, dream, dry, drove, drag, dread, drip, drop.

Frame, free, fro, fruit, fret, froth, frown, freeze.
Grain, green, grind, groan, grand, grim, ground.
Pray, preach, pry, prone, pride, prove, proud.
Spray, spring, sprung, sprang.

Trace, tree, try, trust, track, tread, trip, true.
Stray, street, strife, strown, struck, stream, stress, strength.
Shrine, shroud, shrub, shriek.

Sm, sn, sp, st.

Small, smite, smoke, smooth, smile, smote.

Snare, sneer, snow, snug.

Space, speed, spike, spoke, spare, sped, spear.
Stay, steer, stile, store, stack, step, stop.

2. Final Syllables.

Ld, lf, lk, lm, lp, ls, It, lve.

Bold, hailed, called, held, filled, tolled.
Elf, wolf, gulf, sylph.

Milk, silk, bulk, hulk.

Elm, helm, whelm, film.

Help, gulp, Alp, scalp.

Falls, tells, files, hills, feels, tools, howls, toils.

Fault, melt, bolt, hilt.

Elve, delve, helve, shelve, twelve, valve, devolve, revolve.

M'd, ms, nd, ns, nk, nce, nt.

Maim'd, claim'd, climb'd, gloom'd.
Gleams, streams, climes, stems.

And, band, hand, land, lined, moaned.

Gains, dens, gleans, vines, groans, screens, wins, suns.
Bank, dank, drink, link.

Dance, glance, hence, whence, once, since, ounce.
Ant, want, gaunt, haunt, went, joint, point.

Rb, rd, rk, rm, rn,

rse, rs (rz,) rt, rve, rb'd, rk'd, rm'd, rnd, rst, rv'd.

Barb, orb, herb, curb, barb'd, orb'd, curb'd, disturb'd.

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